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QlikView Essentials

By : Chandraish Sinha
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QlikView Essentials

By: Chandraish Sinha

Overview of this book

This guide demonstrates just how easy it is to get started with QlikView and create your own BI application. Featuring an introduction to its core features before exploring how to load data and model it, you’ll soon become more confident that you can take full advantage of QlikView’s capabilities.. You will also learn how to use QVD files with QlikView – and how they offer a simpler way of handling data. After digging deeper into data handling, as you learn how to use mapping tables and create a master calendar, you’ll then find out how to get the most from QlikView’s visualization features – vital if you are to use your data insights effectively. From accessible and user friendly dashboards to strategies and best practices for subjecting data to further analysis, you can be confident that you’ll be prepared to get the most out of your data with QlikView. With details on how to finally secure your application and deploy it for a successful integration in your organization, QlikView Essentials underlines exactly why QlikView is becoming more and more popular for businesses that understand the value of data.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
QlikView Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

QlikView architecture essentials


QlikView follows a multi-tier architecture. Developers use the QlikView desktop to connect to various data sources and create data load scripts and dashboards. These qvw files are called source documents and are stored in the Source Documents folder on the server.

The following are the important components of the QlikView architecture:

  • QlikView Server (QVS): It provides a platform for hosting and sharing QlikView documents over the web portal. QVS is responsible for user management, security, and data reload functionality.

  • Publisher: It is a component of the server and it helps in publishing the documents, securing the application, and data reduction according to the requirements. Once published, documents go into the User Documents folder. Users view these documents using an access point. This access point is QlikView's web portal.

  • QlikView Management Console (QMC): It is used to access the server and control all aspects of server deployment.

  • Access Point...